The county and state fairs don't begin until next month, but local students have been working for months to get their steers, hogs, heifers, goats and rabbits ready for competition. ...more

January 13, 2008

Jim Lee, 80, has been working with bees for 35 years. He can't recall the number of times he has been stung. ...more

December 29, 2007

Coward. Quitter. Hypocrite. And those were some of the nicer things the Falcons had to say about their former coach Wednesday. ...more

December 13, 2007

Jim Lee, 80, has been working with bees for 35 years. He can't recall the number of times he has been stung. ...more

December 12, 2007

Volumes have been written about how to properly behave at weddings or which fork to use at fancy dinners. ...more

December 11, 2007

SEBRING — Highlands County Animal Control is looking a bit like Old McDonald's Farm these days, due to the recent series of marijuana growhouse busts. Animal control recently picked up 15 sheep following a growhouse raid by the sheriff's office. The day after the sheep were impounded, workers at animal control discovered they had a 16th sheep in their care. "Overnight, one of the sheep gave birth, and we have a baby lamb here now, too," said Darryl Scott, animal control director. Pens and pasture areas at the county facility are also sheltering three horses, three large hogs, four rabbits, a chicken, two yearling cows, and an 8-foot-long Burmese python. Many, but far from all, of these animals came into the county's care from growhouse raids. ...more

December 7, 2007

Whoever would have guessed that Highlands County had more than 50 marijuana growhouses, with probably more hidden away in unsuspecting neighborhoods? ...more

November 6, 2007